Advertising device



G. E. BOWEN.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLwcATloN HLED Nov. 11, 1920..

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UNITED STATES GLENN ELWIN BOWEN, 0F WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,341.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, GLENN ELwIN BOWEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Whittier, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in AdvertisingDevices, of which the following is a specification:

This invention is an advertising device employed in connection withautomobiles, and has for its object the provision of an illuminated signadapted to be mounted upon the radiator cap of the automobile.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a lam housing forsuch an illuminated sign w ich supports spot lights so arranged as toproject rays of light downwardly on to the road at the respective sidesof the automobile. l

The inventionwill be readily understood from the following descriptionof the ac' companying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device constructed in accordancewith 'the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

lIn the drawings the radiator cap for an automobile is shown at 1, andthe advertising device forming the subject matterof this applicationconsists of a lamp housing 2 supported by the cap 1.

The lamp housing 2 preferably comprises a back 3 having an annular rimi4. The front op'en end of the lamp housing is shown at 5 and ispreferably closed by a translucent plate 6 held in position by means ofa beadin 7.

The illumination for the sign is preferably provided by a usualincandescent 1 1 ht bulb 8 mounted in a usual socket 9 provi ed withincasing 2 upon the back 3. Suitable advertising or displaying matter maybe displayed upon the translucent plate 6 as shown at 6a so that anilluminated sign is formed.

lLamp housing 2 may be mounted upon the cap 1 by means of a supportingstandard 10 depending from the rim 4, and suitably connected to cap 1.This connection may be either a detachable connection wherein support 10isbolted to cap 1, or the cap and lamp housing may be connected bywelding the support to the cap.

Spot lights are carried by lamp housing 2 at opposite sides of the same,and are so arranged that when the lamp housing is in position upon theradiator cap, the rays of light from the respective Spot lights will beprojected downwardly at opposite sides of the automobile. These spotlights each include a usual reflecting surface 11 extending outwardlyfrom rim 4 and supporting a 'usual lamp socket 12 at the base of thesame.

Incandescent light bulbs 13 are mounted in these sockets. Lenses 14 ofusual construction extend over the open' ends of the bowls formed bysurfaces 11, said lenses being held in position by usual beading 15.

Electrical conductors 16 extend to the respective lamp sockets 9 and 12,and may unite in a common cord which projects outwardly from the lamphousing through a suitable aperture 17 provided in the back 3.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an ornamental attachment for aradiator cap, which affords convenient means of displaying advertisingmatter, and which is also adapted to provide spot lights forilluminating the road at the sides of the automobile.

Various changes may be made in the construction as thus set forthwithout departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

The combination with the radiator cap of an automobile, of a lampvhousing for forward illumination or advertising display mounted thereonand having spot lights at the sides thereof arranged to project lightdownwardly to the road at the side of the automobile.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 1 name to this specification.

GLENN ELwiN BOWEN.

